Mobile Navigation

Sustainability

Saint-Gobain successfully produces flat glass using 30% hydrogen blend

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) says that it has become the first manufacturer in the world to carry out a test production of flat glass using more than 30% hydrogen during Research & Development (R&D) trials at the Herzogenrath site in Germany.…

Global Bioenegies launches renewably sourced isododecane

Global Bioenergies (Evry, France) has announced the launch of its second cosmetic ingredient, Isonaturane 16, a year after launching Isonaturane 12 at In-Cosmetics Paris. Isonaturane 12 is the natural version of isododecane, a twelve-carbon molecule obtained by assembling three naturally sourced…

HIF Global and Idemitsu Kosan announce carbon neutral eFuels strategic cooperation

HIF Global (Houston) and Idemitsu Kosan Co. (Tokyo) announced a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the production of carbon neutral eFuels. The HIF-Idemitsu strategic cooperation will focus on purchase of eFuels by Idemitsu from HIF eFuels facilities worldwide, co-investments in…

Brooge Energy and thyssenkrupp Uhde finish technical study for green hydrogen and ammonia plant

Brooge Energy Ltd., an infrastructure provider, announced that the technical study of its Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia plant conducted by thyssenkrupp Uhde has been completed and delivered. On September 21, 2022, Brooge Energy announced that it engaged thyssenkrupp to…

KBR named project manager for BP’s global hydrogen portfolio

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced today it has been named the primary integrated project management contractor across BP's global hydrogen project portfolio. KBR will utilize the collaborative work practices and experience of its Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT). The IPMT will…

Saint-Gobain begins decarbonized plasterboard production

Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has announced the start of 100% decarbonized production of plasterboard at its Fredrikstad plant in Norway. The decarbonization of the manufacturing process was made possible by switching from natural gas to hydroelectric power, thus avoiding 23,000 tons…

Carbios announces plans to commercialize bio-based PET recycling process

Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) is geared up for the global commercialization of its PET (polyethylene terephthalate) biorecycling technology.  The successful ongoing operations in its demonstration unit in Clermont-Ferrand and the advanced engineering study for its first commercial plant (due to be…

Técnicas Reunidas begins engineering work for e-methanol plant in Almería

CETAER signed a collaboration agreement with Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) for the development of an e-methanol plant to be built in Almería (Spain). The facility will produce 37,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of e-methanol from the combination…

Ascend Elements opens North America’s largest LIB-recycling facility

Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.) announced the opening its first commercial-scale lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling facility this week. Located in Covington, Georgia, the $50 million Base 1 facility is North America’s largest electric vehicle-battery-recycling facility. As demand for electric vehicles increases,…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and IDIP to collaborate on modularized green-ammonia plants

Thyssenkrupp Uhde (Essen, Germany) and IDESA Industrial Plants SLU (IDIP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on developing and fabricating modules for green ammonia projects. The MoU was signed in Essen, Germany on March 23, 2023. The…